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LEMONCELLO
By High Speed Train Rome to Naples
Operated Daily /APRIL – OCTOBER 2010
4Nights / 5Days
By Train (Private transfers and Tours)
Day 1: ROME – NAPLES – POMPEII– SORRENTO (Dinner included)
One of our private transfer vehicles will pick you up at your Rome Hotel and take you to Rome’s Stazione Termini railway station. You will board a High Speed Train with reserved seating to Naples. Upon your arrival at the Naples station you will be met by a driver for a short ride to Pompeii, beneath the awesome and mysterious shadows of Mount Vesuvius. This ominous volcano, in 70 AD, destroyed most of the surrounding area and created an entirely new coastline with its cataclysmic eruption. During your visit of Pompeii, which lay 2000 years under the ashes and lava of Vesuvio, you can marvel at the advanced culture of the Pompeian citizens. The baths, the homes, the market place, and the gardens have all been remarkably preserved under the lava for two centuries.
Leaving Pompeii you will continue on to SORRENTO. the jewel of the Sorrentine Peninsula, famous for the cultivation of oranges, lemons and olive trees. Its streets lined with boutiques famous for perfume making and lemon products of every sort imaginable, handcrafted leather, ceramics and in-laid wood products. YES IT’S TRUE!!! Lemons on the Sorrentine Peninsula grow as large as grapefruits. And you haven’t lived until you’ve tried the “Limoncello”, lemon liquor so typical of the Region. As you walk up and down the alleyways of the old town you can stop into shop after shop for a taste of Limoncello and lemon candies of all sorts, even lemon chocolates! Hotel Michelangelo or similar. (Four Star Property)
Day 2: SORRENTO (Breakfast & Dinner included)
A day at leisure to enjoy the coast or join optional tours to Capri, Naples, or join a Day Cruise to relax and enjoy the brilliant Mediterranean Sea. Hotel Michelangelo or similar. (Four Star Property)
Day 3: SORRENTO – AMALFI (Breakfast & Dinner included)
Transfer to Amalfi via the breathtaking Amalfi coast. Today after breakfast we will embark on one of the most memorable days of your trip, “La Costiera Amalfitana”, the Amalfi Coast Drive. Traveling south from the Bay of Sorrento along the Mediterranean, its time to experience the most spectacular and scenic coastal drives in all of Europe, if not the world! 100s of curves and turns, each one with a new and fantastic view of the mountains which seem to lean down to kiss the crystal clear turquoise sea below. The Amalfi Coast is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. En-route you will see Positano and other picturesque fishing villages. Grand Hotel Excelsior or similar. (Four Star Property)
Day 4: AMALFI (Breakfast & Dinner included)
Day at leisure to discover the beauty of this wonderful coastal resort and to relax or plunge into the water of the Mediterranean Sea. Amalfi was once an ancient Empire seaport city, with its magnificent Arab/Norman Cathedral of Saint Andrewﾒs (9th - 12th Century). A great place for shopping and meandering the alleys and piazzas in this beautiful village. Grand Hotel Excelsior or similar. (Four Star Property)
Day 5: AMALFI – NAPLES – ROME (Breakfast included)
Enjoy your morning at leisure, some last minute shopping or a people watching over an espresso or cappuccino at one of the splendid outdoor cafés. Early afternoon transfer to Naples train station for your high speed train to Rome. Tour ends at Rome’s Termini Railway Station.
INCLUDES:
- Round Trip Train Tickets/Reserved Seating
- Private transfers & Transportation in Air-conditioned Vehicles
- 4 Nights Accommodations First Class Hotels/Four Star Properties
- 4 Continental Buffet Breakfasts (B)
- 4 Dinners (D)
- Private Pompeii Tour with Local Guide
- Entrance fees, taxes and service charges
- Luggage Handling at hotels
EXCLUDES:
- Customary tips to guides and drivers
- Beverages during dinner.
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